An Act to provide for the
establishment of a Bureau for the harmonious development of the
activities of standardisation, marking and quality certification
of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the
Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the
Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986.

(2) It extends to the whole of
India.

(3) It shall come into force on
such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.

"Indian
Standard" means the standard (including any
tentative or provisional standard) established and
published by the Bureau, in relation to any article or
process indicative of the quality and specification of
such article or process and includes -

any standard
recognised by the Bureau under clause (b) of
section 10; and

any standard
established and published, or recognised, by the
Indian Standards Institution and which is in
force immediately before the date of
establishment of the Bureau;

"Indian Standards
Institution" means the Indian Standards Institution
set up under the Resolution of the Government of India in
the late, Department of Industries and Supplies No. 1
Std.(4)/45, dated the 3rd day of September, 1946, and
registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860;

"inspecting
officer" means an inspecting officer appointed under
section 25;

"Licence" means
a licence granted under section 15 to use the Indian
Standards Certification Mark in relation to any article
or process which conforms to the Indian Standard and
includes any licence granted under the Indian Standards
Institution (Certification Marks) Act, 1952 and is in
force immediately before the date of establishment of the
Bureau;

"Process"
includes any practice, treatment and mode of manufacture
of any article;

"registering
authority" means any authority competent under any
law for the time being in force to register any company,
firm or other body of persons, or any trade mark or
design, or to grant a patent;

"regulations"
means regulations made by the Bureau under this Act;

"rules" means
rules made by the Central Government under this Act;

"Specification"
means a description of an article or process as far as
practicable by reference to its nature, quality,
strength, purity, composition, quantity, dimensions,
weight, grade, durability, origin, age, material, mode of
manufacture or other characteristics to distinguish it
from any other article or process;

"Standard Mark"
means the Bureau of Indian Standards Certification Mark
specified by the Bureau to represent a particular Indian
Standard and also includes any Indian Standards
Institution Certification Mark specified by the Indian
Standards Institution;

"trade mark"
means a mark used or proposed to be used in relation to
goods for the purpose of indicating, or so as to
indicate, a connection in the course of trade between the
goods and some person having the right, either as
proprietor or as registered user, to use the mark,
whether with or without any indication of the identity of
that person;

an article is said to be
marked with a Standard Mark if the article itself is
marked with a Standard Mark or any covering containing,
or label attached to, such article is so marked.

CHAPTER II

THE BUREAU OF INDIAN
STANDARDS

3. (1) With effect from such date
as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, appoint in this behalf, there shall be established for
the purposes of this Act, a Bureau, to be called the Bureau of
Indian Standards.

(2) The Bureau shall be a body
corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and
a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act,
to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and
immovable, and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be
sued.

(3) The Bureau shall consist of
the following members, namely :-

the Minister incharge of
the Ministry or Department of the Central Government
having administrative control of the Bureau who shall be ex-officio
President of the Bureau;

The Minister of State or a
Deputy Minister, if any, in the Ministry or Department of
the Central Government having administrative control of
the Bureau who shall be ex-officio
vice-President of the Bureau, and where there is no such
Minister of State or Deputy Minister, such person as may
be nominated by the Central Government to be the
Vice-President of the Bureau;

the Secretary to the
Government of India in charge of the Ministry or
Department of the Central Government having
administrative control of the Bureau ex-officio;

the Director-General of
the Bureau ex-officio;

such number of other
persons, to represent the Government, industry,
scientific and research institutions and other interests,
as may be prescribed, to be appointed by the Central
Government.

(4) The term of office of the
members referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (3) and the
manner of filling vacancies among, and the procedure to be
followed in the discharge of their functions by, the members,
shall be such as may be prescribed.

(5) The Bureau may associate with
itself, in such manner and for such purposes as may be
prescribed, any persons whose assistance or advice it may desire
in complying with any of the provisions of this Act and a person
so associated shall have the right to take part in the
discussions of the Bureau relevant to the purposes for which he
has been associated but shall not have the right to vote.

4. (1) The Bureau may, with the
prior approval of the Central Government, by notification in the
Official Gazette, constitute an Executive Committee which shall
consist of the following members, namely:-

Director-General of the
Bureau, who shall be its ex-officio Chairman;

such number of members, as
may be prescribed.

(2) The Executive Committee
constituted under sub-section (1) shall perform, exercise and
discharge such of the functions, powers and duties of the Bureau
as may be delegated to it by the Bureau.

5. (1) Subject to any regulations
made in this behalf, the Bureau may, from time to time and as and
when it is considered necessary, constitute the following
Advisory Committees for the efficient discharge of its functions,
namely:-

Financial Committee;

Certification Advisory
Committee;

Standards Advisory
Committee;

Laboratory Advisory
Committee;

Planning and Development
Advisory Committees;

such number of other
committees as may be determined by regulations.

(2) Each Advisory Committee shall
consist of a Chairman and such other members as may be determined
by regulations.

(3) Without prejudice to the
powers contained in sub-section (1), the Bureau may constitute,
as and when considered necessary, such number of technical
committees of experts for the formulation of standards in respect
of articles or processes.

6. No act or proceedings of the
Bureau, the Executive Committee or any Committee constituted
under section 5 shall be invalid merely by reason of :-

any vacancy in, or any
defect in the constitution of the Bureau or the
Committee; or

any defect in the
appointment of a person acting as a member of the Bureau
or Committee; or

any irregularity in the
procedure of the Bureau or the Committee not affecting
the merits of the case.

7. (1) The Central Government
shall appoint a Director-General of the Bureau.

(2) The terms and conditions of
service of the Director-General of the Bureau shall be such as
may be prescribed.

(3) Subject to the general
superintendence and control of the Bureau, the Director-General
of the Bureau shall be the Chief Executive Authority of the
Bureau.

(4) The Director-General of the
Bureau shall exercise and discharge such of the powers and duties
of the Bureau as may be determined by regulations.

8. (1) The Bureau may appoint such
other officers and employees as it considers necessary for the
efficient discharge of its functions under this Act.

(2) The terms and conditions of
service of officers and employees of the Bureau appointed under
sub-section (1) shall be such as may be determined by
regulations.

CHAPTER III

TRANSFER OF ASSETS,
LIABILITIES, ETC. OF THE INDIAN STANDARDS INSTITUTION TO THE
BUREAU

9. (1) On and from the date of
establishment of the Bureau, -

any reference to the
Indian Standards Institution in any law other than this
Act or in any contract or other instrument shall be
deemed as a reference to the Bureau;

all properties and assets,
movable and immovable, of, or belonging to, the Indian
Standards Institution shall vest in the Bureau;

all the rights and
liabilities of the Indian Standards Institution shall be
transferred to, and be the rights and liabilities of, the
Bureau;

without prejudice to the
provisions of clause (c), all debts, obligations and
liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all
matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the
Indian Standards Institution immediately before that
date, for or in connection with the purposes of the said
Institution shall be deemed to have been incurred,
entered into, or engaged to be done by, with or for, the
Bureau;

all sums of money due to
the Indian Standards Institution immediately before that
date shall be deemed to be due to the Bureau;

all suits and other legal
proceedings instituted or which could have been
instituted by or against the Indian Standards Institution
immediately before that date may be continued or may be
instituted by or against the Bureau; and

every employee holding any
office under the Indian Standards Institution immediately
before that date shall hold his office in the Bureau by
the same tenure and upon the same terms and conditions of
service as respects remuneration, leave, provident fund,
retirement or other terminal benefits as he would have
held such office if the Bureau had not been established
and shall continue to do so as an employee of the Bureau
or until the expiry of a period of six months from that
date if such employee opts not to be the employee of the
Bureau within such period.

(2) Notwithstanding anything
contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 or in any other
law for the time being in force, the absorption of any employee
by the Bureau in its regular service under this section shall not
entitle such employee to any compensation under that Act or other
law and no such claim shall be entertained by any court, tribunal
or other authority.

CHAPTER IV

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF
THE BUREAU

10. (1) The Bureau may exercise
such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to it by
or under this Act and, in particular, such powers include the
power to -

establish, publish and
promote in such manner as may be prescribed the Indian
Standard, in relation to any article or process;

recognise as an Indian
Standard, in such manner as may be prescribed, any
standard established by any other Institution in India or
elsewhere, in relation to any article or process;

specify a Standard Mark to
be called the Bureau of Indian Standards Certification
Mark which shall be of such design and contain such
particulars as may be prescribed to represent a
particular Indian Standard;

grant, renew, suspend or
cancel a licence for the use of the Standard Mark;

levy fees for the grant or
renewal of any licence;

make such inspection and
take such samples of any material or substance as may be
necessary to see whether any article or process in
relation to which the Standard Mark has been used
conforms to the Indian Standard or whether the Standard
Mark has been improperly used in relation to any article
or process with or without a licence;

seek recognition of the
Bureau and of the Indian Standards outside India on such
terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by
the Bureau with any corresponding institution or
organisation in any country;

establish, maintain and
recognise laboratories for the purposes of
standardisation and quality control and for such other
purposes as may be prescribed;

undertake research for the
formulation of Indian Standards in the interests of
consumers and manufacturers;

recognise any institution
in India or outside which is engaged in the
standardisation of any article or process or the
improvement of the quality of any article or process;

provide services to
manufacturers and consumers of articles or processes on
such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon;

appoint agents in India or
outside India for the inspection, testing and such other
purposes as may be prescribed;

establish branches,
offices or agencies in India or outside;

inspect any article or
process, at such times and at such places as may be
prescribed in relation to which the Standard Mark is used
or which is required to conform to the Indian Standard by
this Act or under any other law irrespective of whether
such article or process is in India or is brought or
intended to be brought into India from a place outside
India;

coordinate activities of
any manufacturer or association of manufacturers or
consumers engaged in standardisation and in the
improvement of the quality of any article or process or
in the implementation of any quality control activities;

perform such other
functions as may be prescribed.

(2) The Bureau shall perform its
functions under this section in accordance with, and subject to,
such rules as may be made by the Central Government.

11. (1) No person shall use, in
relation to any article or process, or in the title of any
patent, or in any trade mark or design the Standard Mark or any
colourable imitation thereof, except under a licence.

(2) No person shall,
notwithstanding that he has been granted a licence, use in
relation to any article or process the Standard Mark or any
colourable imitation thereof unless such article or process
conforms to the Indian Standard.

12. No person shall, except in
such cases and under such conditions as may be prescribed, use
without the previous permission of the Bureau, -

any name which so nearly
resembles the name of the Bureau as to deceive or likely
to deceive the public or which contains the expression
"Indian Standard" or any abbreviation thereof;
or

any mark or trade mark in
relation to any article or process containing the
expressions "Indian Standard" or "Indian
Standard Specification" or any abbreviation of such
expressions.

13. (1) Notwithstanding anything
contained in any law for the time being in force, no registering
authority shall -

register any company, firm
or other body of persons which bears any name or mark; or

register a trade mark or
design which bears any name or mark; or

grant a patent, in respect
of an invention, which bears a title containing any name
or mark

if the use of such name or mark is
in contravention of section 11 or section 12.

(2) If any question arises before
a registering authority whether the use of any name or mark is in
contravention of section 11 or section 12, the registering
authority may refer the question to the Central Government whose
decision thereon shall be final.

14. If the Central Government,
after consulting the Bureau, is of the opinion that it is
necessary or expedient so to do, in the public interest, it may,
by order published in the Official Gazette, -

notify any article or
process of any scheduled industry which shall conform to
the Indian Standard; and

direct the use of the
Standard Mark under a licence as compulsory on such
article or process.

Explanation - For the
purposes of this section, the expression "scheduled
industry" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951.

CHAPTER V

LICENCE

15. (1) The Bureau may, by order,
grant, renew, suspend or cancel a licence in such manner as may
be determined by regulations.

(2) The grant or renewal of the
licence under sub-section (1) shall be subject to such conditions
and on payment of such fees as may be determined by regulations.

16. (1) Any person aggrieved by an
order made under section 15 may prefer an appeal to the Central
Government within such period as may be prescribed.

(2) No appeal shall be admitted if
it is preferred after the expiry of the period prescribed
therefor :

Provided that an appeal may be
admitted after the expiry of the period prescribed therefor if
the appellant satisfies the Central Government that he had
sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the
prescribed period.

(3) Every appeal made under this
section shall be made in such form and shall be accompanied by a
copy of the order appealed against and by such fees as may be
prescribed.

(4) The procedure for disposing of
an appeal shall be such as may be prescribed :

Provided that before disposing of
an appeal, the appellant shall be given a reasonable opportunity
of being heard.

CHAPTER VI

FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND
AUDIT

17. The Central Government may,
after due appropriation made by Parliament by law in this behalf,
make to the Bureau grants and loans of such sums of money as that
Government may consider necessary.

18. (1) There shall be constituted
a Fund to be called the Bureau of Indian Standards Fund and there
shall be credited thereto -

any grants and loans made
to the Bureau by the Central Government under section 17;

all fees and charges
received by the Bureau under this Act;

all sums received by the
Bureau from such other sources as may be decided upon by
the Central Government.

(2) The Fund shall be applied for
meeting -

the salary, allowances and
other remuneration of the members, Director-General,
officers and other employees of the Bureau;

expenses of the Bureau in
the discharge of its functions under section 10;

expenses on objects and
for purposes authorised by this Act.

19. (1) The Bureau may, with the
consent of the Central Government or in accordance with the terms
of any general or special authority given to it by the Central
Government, borrow money from any source as it may deem fit for
discharging all or any of its functions under this Act.

(2) The Central Government may
guarantee in such manner as it thinks fit, the repayment of the
principal and the payment of interest thereon with respect to the
loans borrowed by the Bureau under sub-section (1).

20. The Bureau shall prepare, in
such form and at such time in each financial year as may be
prescribed, its budget for the next financial year, showing the
estimated receipts and expenditure of the Bureau and forward the
same to the Central Government.

21. The Bureau shall prepare, in
such form and at such time in each financial year as may be
prescribed, its annual report, giving a full account of its
activities during the previous financial year, and submit a copy
thereof to the Central Government.

22. (1) The Bureau shall maintain
proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual
statement of accounts, in such form as may be prescribed by the
Central Government in consultation with the Comptroller and
Auditor General of India.

(2) The accounts of the Bureau
shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
at such intervals as may be specified by him and any expenditure
incurred in connection with such audit shall be payable by the
Bureau to the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

(3) The Comptroller and
Auditor-General of India and any person appointed by him in
connection with the audit of the accounts of the Bureau shall
have the same rights and privileges and the authority in
connection with such audit as the Comptroller and Auditor-General
generally has in connection with the audit of Government accounts
and, in particular, shall have the right to demand the production
of books, accounts, connected vouchers and other documents and
papers and to inspect any of the offices of the Bureau.

(4) The accounts of the Bureau as
certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any
other person appointed by him in this behalf together with the
audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central
Government and that Government shall cause the same to be laid
before each House of Parliament.

23. The Central Government shall
cause the annual report to be laid, as soon as may be after it is
received, before each house of Parliament.

CHAPTER VII

MISCELLANEOUS

24. (1) Without prejudice to the
foregoing provisions of this Act, the Bureau shall, in the
exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under
this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy as
the Central Government may give in writing to it from time to
time :

Provided that the Bureau shall, as
far as practicable, be given an opportunity to express its views
before any direction is given under this sub-section.

(2) The decision of the Central
Government whether a question is one of policy or not shall be
final.

25. (1) The Bureau may appoint as
many inspecting officers as may be necessary for the purpose of
inspecting whether any article or process in relation to which
the Standard Mark has been used conforms to the Indian Standard
or whether the Standard Mark has been properly used in relation
to any article or process with or without licence, and for the
purpose of performing such other functions as may be assigned to
them.

(2) Subject to any rules made
under this Act, an inspecting officer shall have power to -

(a) inspect any operation carried
on in connection with any article or process in relation to which
the Standard Mark has been used; and

(b) take samples of any article or
of any material or substances used in any article or process, in
relation to which the Standard Mark has been used.

(3) Every inspecting officer shall
be furnished by the Bureau with a certificate of appointment as
an inspecting officer and the certificate shall, on demand, be
produced by the inspecting officer.

26. (1) If the inspecting officer
has reason to believe that any article or process in relation to
which the contravention of section 11 or section 12 has taken
place are secreted in any place, premises or vehicles, he may
enter into and search such place, premises or vehicle for such
article or process.

(2) Where, as a result of any
search made under sub-section (1), any article or process has
been found in relation to which contravention of section 11 or
section 12 has taken place, he may seize such article and other
things which, in his opinion, will be useful for, or relevant to,
any proceeding under this Act :

Provided that where it is not
practicable to seize any such article or thing, the inspecting
officer may serve on the owner an order that he shall not remove,
part with, or otherwise deal with, the article or things except
with the previous permission of the inspecting officer.

(3) The provision of the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1973, relating to searches and seizures
shall, so far as may be, apply to every search or seizure made
under this section.

27. The Bureau may, by general or
special order in writing, delegate to any member, member of the
Executive Committee, officer of the Bureau or any other person
subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the
order, such of its powers and functions under this Act (except
the powers under section 38) as it may deem necessary.

28. Every licensee shall supply
the Bureau with such information, and with such samples of any
material or substance used in relation to any article or process,
as the Bureau may require.

29. Noting in this Act shall
exempt any person from any suit or other proceeding which might,
apart from this Act, be brought against him.

30. Any information obtained by an
inspecting officer or the Bureau from any statement made or
information supplied or any evidence given or from inspection
made under the provisions of this Act shall be treated as
confidential :

Provided that nothing in this
section shall apply to the disclosure of any information for the
purpose of prosecution under this Act.

31. All members, officers and
other employees of the Bureau shall be deemed, when acting or
purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this
Act, to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of
the Indian Penal Code.

32. No suit, prosecution or other
legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer
of the Government or any member, officer or other employee of the
Bureau for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be
done under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder.

33. (1) Any person who contravenes
the provisions of section 11, or section 12 or section 14 or
section 15 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to fifty
thousand rupees, or with both.

(2) Any court trying a
contravention under sub-section (1) may direct that any property
in respect of which the contravention has taken place shall be
forfeited to the Bureau.

34. (1) No court shall take
cognizance of any offence punishable under this Act save on a
complaint made by or under the authority of the Government or
Bureau or by any officer empowered in this behalf by the
Government or the Bureau, or any consumer or any association
recognised in this behalf by the Central or State Government.

(2) No court inferior to that of a
Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first
class specially empowered in this behalf shall try any offence
punishable under this Act.

35. (1) Where an offence under
this Act has been committed by a company, every person who at the
time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was
responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of
the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty
of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and
punished accordingly :

Provided that nothing contained in
this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any
punishment provided in this Act, if he proves that the offence
was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all
due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything
contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has
been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has
been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is
attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director,
manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such
director, manager, secretary or other officer shall also be
deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be
proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Explanation - For the purposes of
this section, -

"company" means
any body corporate and includes a firm or other
association of individuals; and

"director", in
relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.

36. All orders and decisions of,
and all other instruments issued by, the Bureau shall be
authenticated by the signature of such officer or officers as may
be authorised by the Bureau in this behalf.

37. (1) The Central Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules
may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-

the number of members of
the Bureau and the interest such members would represent
under clause (e) of sub-section (3) of section 3;

the term of office of the
members of the Bureau, the manner for filling vacancies
and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of
their functions by, the members under sub-section (4) of
section 3;

the manner in, and the
purposes for, which the Bureau may associate with itself
any person for assistance and advice under sub-section
(5) of section 3;

the number of members of
the Bureau who will be members of the Executive Committee
under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4;

the terms and conditions
of service of the Director-General of the Bureau under
sub-section (2) of section 7;

the design and the
particulars to represent a particular Indian Standard
under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 10;

the purposes for which
laboratories for the purposes of standardisation and
quality control shall be established by the Bureau under
clause (h), of sub-section (1) of section 10;

the purposes for which
agents may be appointed by the Bureau in India or outside
India under clause (1) of sub-section (1) of section 10;

the times and places at
which any article or process may be inspected under
clause (n) of sub-section (1) of section 10;

the additional functions
that may be performed by the Bureau under section 10;

the cases in which, and
the conditions subject to which, exemption may be granted
under section 12;

the form in which, and the
time at which, the Bureau shall prepare its budget under
section 20 and its annual report under section 21;

the manner in which the
accounts of the Bureau shall be maintained under section
22;

the conditions subject to
which inspecting officer may exercise his powers under
sub-section (2) of section 25;

any other matter which is
to be, or may be, prescribed, or in respect of which
provision is to be, or may be, made by rules.

38. (1) The Executive Committee
may, with the previous approval of the Central Government, by
notification in the Official Gazette, make regulations consistent
with this Act and the rules generally to carry out the purposes
of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such
regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters,
namely :-

the members of the
Advisory Committees constituted under section 5 ;

the powers and duties that
may be exercised and discharged by the Director-General
of the Bureau under sub-section (4) of section 7;

the terms and conditions
of service of officers and employees of the Bureau under
sub-section (2) of section 8;

the manner of grant,
renewal, suspension or cancellation of licence under
sub-section (1) of section 15;

the conditions subject to
which a licence may be granted or renewed and the fees
payable therefor under sub-section (2) of section 15.

39. Every rule and every
regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be
after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in
session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised
in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if,
before the expiry of the session immediately following the
session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree
in making any modification in the rule or regulation or both
Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the
rule or regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such
modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so,
however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without
prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that
rule or regulation.

40. Nothing in this Act shall
affect the operation of the Agricultural Produce (Grading and
Marking) Act, 1937 or the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, or any
other law for the time being in force, which deals with any
standardisation or quality control of any article or process.

41. (1) If any difficulty arises
in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central
Government may, by order, published in the Official Gazette, make
such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty :-

Provided that no order shall be
made under this section after the expiry of five years from the
commencement of this Act.

(2) Every order made under this
section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before
each House of Parliament.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal,
anything done or any action taken or purported to have done or
taken (including any rule, regulation, notification, scheme,
specification, Indian Standard, Standard Mark, inspection order
or notice made, issued or adopted, or any appointment, or
declaration made or any licence, permission, authorisation or
exemption granted or any document or instrument executed or
direction given or any proceedings taken or any penalty or fine
imposed) under the Act hereby repealed shall, in so far as it is
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to
have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of
this Act.

(3) The mention of particular
matters in sub-section (2) shall not be held to prejudice or
affect the general application of section 6 of the General
Clauses Act, 1897 with regard to the effect of repeal.